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DIAMOND. 



(moore's diamond. 



FEW years ago the Niagara grape 

 ^^ was introduced with such a flourish 

 ^ of trumpets that several other excel- 

 lent white grapes of merit, intro- 

 duced about the same'time, were quite ob- 

 scured for a season. Among these was the 

 Diamond, a grape now coming to its deserv- 

 ed level by reason of its merit. We have 

 purposely shortened the name from Moore's 

 Diamond, by which term* it has been gen- 

 erally known, in accordance with our general 

 rule of abbreviating as much as possible the 

 names of varieties. We^have for example 

 Moore's Early and Moore's Diamond ; is it 

 not better to call the former Moore and the 

 latter Diamond ? 



Our frontispiece shows ^a bunch of this 

 grape grown in our experimental plot at 

 Maplehurst in 1901, which is but an average 

 sample. Perhaps the bunches were unusu- 

 ally fine that season, but if it continues to 

 yield such fine and attractive bunches, and 

 to ripen a week in advance of Concord and 

 Niagara, it will command the market for 

 white grapes for that week. 



That Diamond is growing in value and is 

 also a suitable variety for the colder sections, 

 is evidenced by its being double starred for 

 Quebec, Ontario, Maine, Massachusetts, New 

 York and Michigan as a desirable variety for 

 planting. 



Its origin was at Brighton, N. Y. in 1873, 

 by Mr. Jacob Moore, from seed of Concord, 

 fertilized with lona ; just one year after the 

 Niagara was originated at Lockport. 



The vine is vigorous and productive, with 

 foliage much like that of one of its parents, 

 the Concord. The bunch is large, this one 

 measuring 5^ x 3^ inches, compact and 

 shouldered. At the Michigan station, where 

 weights are taken instead of measurements, 

 Diamond is put down as 4 ounces and the 

 Concord a trifle over 5 ounces, a good way 

 of showing comparative size. 



The berry is about three quarters of an 

 inch in diameter, and adheres firmly to the 

 stem. It is greenish white in color, yellow- 

 ing slightly at maturity, pulp tender. Qual- 

 ity, good for desert, superior to the Concord. 

 The Michigan station gives it 8 for quality, 



